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Jenna: an investigation is underway today after an explosion during a training exercise kills at least seven u.s. marines. the caveat there, at least. we're still watching as people recover in the hospital. hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. investigators are to figure out what caused a mortar shell to go off as it was being loaded. the tragic accident happening at a base in hawthorne, nevada monday night sending shrapnel into troops that were there from camp lejeune, north carolina. officials say the pentagon is halting the use of the weapons until investigators can determine t...

Mortar shell. why? nobody knows for sure just yet. that's under investigation. as you said, significance marines were killed and the number of injured has been bumped up to eight but none of those injuries appears to be life threatening. these marines were from the second marine division out of camp lejeune here on the east coast. out there at twentynine palms and the hawthorne army depot for their training. now, those eight that are hospitalized, one has already left the hospital. the seven others don't appear to have life threatening injuries. this is under thorough investigation. the marine...

Their fellow marines. >> straight to nbc news, pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us live. >> there's a rigorous investigation underway. u.s. marine officials and other military officials are at this right now at what appears to be a tragic accident. we know a group of marines were conducting nighttime live fire exercises at the hawthorne army depot in western nevada. and this group happened to be using mortars. they were exercising with live mortars. and at one point, it appears that while the marines were loading it and just seconds before this 60 millimeter mortar shell left the ...

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